It doesn’t
pay to be too optimistic,
In this life
that’s already grey and dull,
Because
you’re bound to be disappointed,
If you think
that the glass is half full.
Let me tell
you some of my reasons,
For this
position I’m knowing on:
If you
believe all in the garden’s rosy,
Then you’ve
no idea what’s going on!
Let’s start
with lying politicians,
Who seem to
want to make it their mission,
To convince
us we’re all in it together,
And to
believe in their coalition.
There’s
Cameron and that chap Osbourne,
And I
respectfully ask leave to beg,
If we have
to have the pair of them,
What’s the
point of that other chap Clegg?
And Labour
these days are not up to much,
They let the
unions get out of hand,
And one
other thing that’s bothering me -
How many
Milibands make up a Centiband?
Insurance
companies, loss adjusters,
Estate
agents and also the bankers,
Astrologers
and charlatans all,
But for
careful rhyming you can thank us.
Network Rail
works at the speed of a snail,
London Underground
has never been sound,
And you’ll
find First Great Western’s no better,
On the
Trainline all you get is the run-around.
Jehovah’s
Witnesses and the Mormons,
The Moonies
and Christian Scientists,
The English
Defence League out on the streets,
Prepared to
settle arguments with fists.
Duchy
Originals and other such brands,
With
marketing hype and all that filler,
In fact
anything sponsored by the Royals,
Especially
that Charles and Camilla.
United
States’ foreign policy,
The FBI and
the CIA,
Sedition,
rendition, water-boarding,
And Mitt
Romney – well, what can I say?
Famine in
Africa, war in Sudan,
Dictators,
despots and hard tales of torture,
There’s
Israel, Gaza and Palestine,
Problems
seemingly without any cure.
Global
warming and climate-change deniers,
Earthquakes,
tsunamis and volcanoes,
Ice-cap
shrinkage and some species extinct,
What are we
to make of all those?
And back in
the UK we’ve got recession,
Fiscal
probity, economic cut-backs,
Changes in
benefits, VAT,
No lending
or mortgages, income tax!
Celebrities,
“TOWIE” and Jedward,
Reality
shows and make-over shows,
How long can
the search go on for talent?
With
X-Factor and Strictly, God alone knows.
One day
it’ll all mash up into just one,
And what’s
left of this Island Nation,
Will watch
Flog It In The Attic Challenge,
Revisited In
The Country Location.
Brits will
never win at Wimbledon,
It’s
obviously just not in our genes,
We’re a
nation of under-dogs I guess,
Always the
runners-up – that’s what it means.
Extended warranties,
the list goes on and on,
There’s always
a sale at Land of Leather
And as if
all that weren’t quite enough,
We’ve got
the bloody English weather!
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2013
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